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'''Primordial entities''' refer to a group of nigh-omnipotent entities who already existed before the creation of the universe. The strongest of them made the universe and everything in it such as God, they can control the laws of the universe such as all things will eventually die and end as with Death, and can end the universe and reality itself like the Darkness.
 
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|category= [[Archangels]] {{c|[[Michael]], [[Lucifer]], [[Raphael]], and [[Gabriel]]}} <br> [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Horseman]] {{c|[[Death]]}}<br>Being {{c|[[God]]}}<br>Nothingness {{c|[[The Darkness]]}}<br>Embodiment of the Empty {{c|[[The Shadow]]}}
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|status= Deceased {{c|[[Raphael]], [[Gabriel]], [[Death]], [[Lucifer]], [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]] and [[Michael]]}}<br>Alive {{c|[[The Darkness]]}}<br>Powerless {{c|[[God]]}}<br>Active {{c|[[The Shadow]]}}
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|This is one little planet, in one tiny solar system, in a galaxy that's barely out of its diapers. I'm ''old'', [[Dean]], very old, so I invite you to contemplate how insignificant I find you.
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'''Primordial Entities''' or '''Cosmic Beings''' refer to a group of [[Omnipotence|nigh- or lower-tier omnipotent]] beings who existed before the creation of [[the Universe]].
   
 
==Characteristics==
  
==Characteristics==
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All of them were older than the universe and possess immense power, ranging from at least destroying someone on a subatomic level (Raphael), altering the very fabric of reality (Gabriel), up to fully removing all of existence (The Darkness), or creating whole universes (God). Despite their immense power and agelessness, none were unkillable since even Death, God, and Amara, being called the strongest beings, could be killed under the right conditions. Death was destroyed, despite being an entity so powerful he saw humans no more powerful or important than how humans viewed bacterium. According to [[Billie]], a former incarnation of Death, [[God]] could be killed by the [[Nephilim]] [[Jack Kline (Nephilim)|Jack]] once Nephilim grows strong enough. Jack later revealed that Billie was turning him into a sort of [[Metaphysical Supernova|bomb]] that will cause God and the Darkness to cease to exist when it goes off. However, it would also kill Jack himself in the process. Like all things, even the Primordials are, to certain degrees, subject to the flow of the Natural Order. Although they share the status and description, the primordial entities are composed of different orders of beings.
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All of them are older than the universe and possess immense power, ranging from at least destroying someone on a subatomic level (Raphael) up to fully removing all of existence (The Darkness) or create whole universes (God).
  
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===Common Powers===
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All primordial beings share these powers to varying degrees.
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*'''[[Immortality]]'''
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*'''[[Immunity]]'''
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*'''[[Invulnerability]]'''
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*'''[[Omnipotence|Nigh-Omnipotence]] '''
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*'''[[Omniscience|Nigh-Omniscience]]'''
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*'''[[Reality Warping]]'''
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*'''[[Teleportation]]'''
   
 
==Members==
  
==Members==
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*[[Archangels]] - As beings created by God himself, archangels possess unimaginable levels of power.
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**[[Gabriel]] - Created a TV universe to imprison the Winchesters. He made Sam relive a day over again countless times by reversing time and ensuring Dean died each day. He was assumed to have been killed by Lucifer during [[the Apocalypse]], but was revealed to have faked his death. He went into hiding but was captured by the fourth, and last, [[Prince of Hell]], [[Asmodeus]], who fed off of his [[grace]] to grow into one of the strongest demons to exist. After escaping, he easily killed Asmodeus and absconded from his responsibilities again. After killing [[Loki]] and his sons, Gabriel set aside his past as the Trickster and agreed to help the Winchesters fight Michael. Killed by the [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]] while helping the Winchesters.
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**[[Raphael]] - On one occasion, he rendered all electricity on the eastern seaboard cut off and destroyed [[Castiel]] on a subatomic level. Killed by Castiel empowered by the souls of [[Purgatory]].
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**[[Lucifer]] - Creator of the [[demon]] species. Capable of bringing about the Apocalypse. Killed by [[Dean Winchester]] while [[Power Granting|powered by]] [[Apocalypse World]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]]. After being woken up in [[the Empty]] by his [[vessel]] [[Nick]], Lucifer attempted to have Nick resurrect him, only to be foiled by Jack and returned to the Empty where Lucifer continues to reside. Lucifer is briefly resurrected by God, but is once again killed by Michael.
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**[[Michael]] - The ''de facto'' [[Ruler of Heaven]] after God left. The oldest and most powerful Archangel. Imprisoned in [[Lucifer's Cage]]. He is the only remaining Archangel of the Main Universe alive. After God chose to begin the end of the Main Universe, he opened all of the doors in Hell, including the door to the Cage, leaving Michael with a way to escape. After returning to Earth, Michael was able to effortlessly kill the first demon [[Lilith]] when she annoyed him and provided Dean and Castiel with [[Primordial Entity Trapping Spell|a spell to trap God]]. Even while restrained by the upgraded [[Supernatural Handcuffs]], Michael retained some of his powers including a degree of his incredible strength, [[terrakinesis]] and the ability to [[Portal Creation|create]] a [[rift]] to [[Purgatory]], something that even Raphael couldn't do without a powerful spell.
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**[[Apocalypse World]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] - An alternate reality version of Michael trying to invade the Main Universe and take it over. In a gambit to defeat [[Lucifer]], the alternate version is reluctantly allowed into the [[vessel]] of [[Dean Winchester]] but later flees the vessel after defeating him. Alternate Michael was imprisoned in the subconscious of Dean Winchester until he broke free and was killed by Jack while using [[Rowena MacLeod]] as a vessel.
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**[[Apocalypse World]] [[Lucifer (Apocalypse World)|Lucifer]] - An alternate reality version of Lucifer who rose from Hell and began [[The Apocalypse (Apocalypse World)|the Apocalypse]]. In his reality, Lucifer was defeated and killed by Michael.
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**[[Apocalypse World]] [[Gabriel (Apocalypse World)|Gabriel]] - An alternate reality version of Gabriel who left Heaven. If he survived the Apocalypse in his world, he was killed when God [[Destruction of the Multiverse|destroyed]] [[the Multiverse]].
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*[[Death]] - A nigh-omnipotent being, the eldest Horsemen, and the personification of death itself. He is able to kill any being, and whoever bears the [[Mark of Cain]]. He once realigned the orbit of the moon and is also capable of jail-breaking [[Lucifer's Cage]]. Killed by [[Dean Winchester]] with [[Death's Scythe|his own scythe]]. After his demise, [[Billie]] takes his place as the new Death. After Billie's death, [[Betty]] briefly takes Death's place.
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*[[Death (Apocalypse World)|Apocalypse World Death]] - An apesct of the death itself was personified in Apocalypse World.
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*[[God]] - The creator of almost everything that exists in the universe and the Darkness' twin brother. Created afterlife dimensions such as Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, as well as many alternate dimensions. Can transfer the Mark of Cain, and do, or create, virtually anything. Death and the Darkness are the only beings to pose any threat to God. After being shot with [[The Equalizer]], a weapon of God's own creation, God is currently in a severely weakened and diminished state. Due to his mandatory existence, God cannot be killed without the whole universe being destroyed. However, it is believed that in his current weakened state he can be trapped as God once did to the Darkness and Michael has provided [[Primordial Entity Trapping Spell|a spell]] that can do it. As seen in [[Alternate Timeline (The Trap)|an alternate timeline]], locking God away causes the cosmic balance to shift towards darkness, leading the world to become a darker place. However, [[Billie]], the current incarnation of Death, states that the [[Nephilim]] [[Jack Kline (Nephilim)|Jack]] can become strong enough to kill God if he follows a plan laid out by Billie which she appears to be getting from [[Chuck's Death Book|the book]] detailing God's ultimate demise in [[Death's Reading Room]]. God's power is eventually absorbed by Jack, turning him into the new God and leaving the original God a mortal being.
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*[[The Darkness]] - God's twin sister. She is able to annihilate all of existence and is capable of undoing virtually anything in the universe her brother made. Stronger than God himself, she is also able to fatally wound her own brother and heal him fully without difficulty. No supernatural entity can survive her or overpower her without massive assistance such as all the archangels and God. Only God is capable of killing her and only with help. However, the Winchesters speculate that once [[Jack Kline (Nephilim)|Jack]] becomes powerful enough to kill God, he might be able to kill the Darkness too. [[Billie]] later confirms that they must kill both God and the Darkness to keep the Natural Order and prevent the universe from collapsing once God is gone. Amara eventually allows Chuck to absorb her. After becoming the new God, Jack states that Amara exists in harmony with him.
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*[[The Shadow]] - The embodiment of the Empty, a cosmic void that preceded even God and the Darkness. While the Shadow is not capable of certain abilities possessed by God and the Darkness, it has certain characteristics that surpass the primordial siblings. It was capable of surviving an explosion designed to destroy God and the Darkness. The Shadow was also capable of invading most of the known multiverse. Although it is warded from entering prime Earth except when summoned, it was capable of invading prime universe's Heaven. The Shadow was capable of killing an incarnation of Death.
   
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==Appearances==
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*[[Archangels]]
  
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**[[Gabriel]] - Created a TV universe to imprison the Winchesters. Made Sam relive a day over again countless times by reversing time and ensuring Dean died each day.
  
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*[[Season 1]]
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**[[Lucifer]] - Creator of the [[demon]] species. Capable of bringing about the Apocalypse.
  
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**''[[Phantom Traveler]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**[[Michael]] - The ''de facto'' Ruler of Heaven after God left.
  
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**''[[Faith]]'' {{c|[[God]] and [[Death]], mentioned only}}
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**[[Raphael]] - On one occasion, he destroyed [[Castiel]] on a subatomic level.
  
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**''[[Nightmare]]'' {{c|[[God]], referenced only}}
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*[[Death]] - A nigh-omnipotent being and the personification of Death, he is able to kill any being except the Darkness and whoever bears the Mark of Cain. He once realigned the orbit of the moon and is also capable of jail breaking Lucifer's Cage and removing the Mark of Cain. Claimed he would be the one to reap God before he was killed with his own scythe.
  
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**''[[Devil's Trap]]'' {{c|[[God]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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*[[God]] - The creator of almost everything that exists in Supernatural and the Darkness' younger brother. Can transfer the Mark of Cain, and do, or create, virtually anything. Death and the Darkness are the only beings to pose any threat, or harm, to God.
  
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*[[Season 2]]
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*[[The Darkness]] - The first entity that existed and the older sister of God. She is able to annihilate all of existence. Capable of doing virtually anything in the universe her brother made. No supernatural entity can survive her or overpower her without massive assistance such as all the archangels and God.
  
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**''[[Houses of the Holy]]'' {{c|[[Michael]], mentioned and stained glass image; [[Raphael]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Tall Tales]]'' {{c|first appearance, [[Gabriel]], masquerading as Loki}}
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*[[Season 3]]
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**''[[Bad Day at Black Rock]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Sin City]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Mystery Spot]]'' {{c|[[Gabriel]], masquerading as Loki}}
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**''[[Jus In Bello]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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*[[Season 4]]
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**''[[Lazarus Rising]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester]]'' {{c|[[God]], [[Death]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[In the Beginning]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Metamorphosis]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Monster Movie]]'' {{c|[[God]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester]]'' {{c|[[Archangels]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Heaven and Hell]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[After School Special]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Death Takes A Holiday]]'' {{c|[[Death]], [[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[On The Head Of A Pin]]'' {{c|[[God]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[It's A Terrible Life]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Monster at the End of This Book]]'' {{c|[[Raphael]], presence; [[God]], masquerading as Chuck}}
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**''[[The Rapture]]'' {{c|[[God ]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[When the Levee Breaks]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Lucifer Rising]]'' {{c|[[Raphael]], presence; [[Lucifer]], voice and incorporeal form; [[God]], masquerading as Chuck; [[Michael]], painting and referenced}}
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*[[Season 5]]
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**''[[Sympathy for the Devil]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[God]], masquerading as Chuck; [[Michael]] and [[Raphael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Good God, Y'all]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], [[Michael]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Free To Be You and Me]]'' {{c|[[Raphael]] and [[Lucifer]]; [[Michael]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The End]]'' {{c|[[God]], masquerading as an alternative version of Chuck Shurley; [[Lucifer (The End)|Alternative timeline Lucifer]]; [[Michael (The End)|Alternate Michael]], [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Fallen Idols]]'' {{c|[[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[I Believe the Children Are Our Future]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Changing Channels]]'' {{c|[[Gabriel]]; [[Lucifer]], [[Michael]] and [[God]] mentioned only; [[Raphael]], referenced only}}
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**''[[The Real Ghostbusters ]]''{{c|[[God]], masquerading as Chuck}}
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**''[[Abandon All Hope...]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[Death]], unseen; [[Michael]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Sam, Interrupted]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Swap Meat]]'' {{c|[[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Song Remains the Same]]'' {{c|[[Michael]]; [[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[My Bloody Valentine]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid]]'' {{c|[[Death]], unseen; [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Dark Side of the Moon]]'' {{c|[[God]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[99 Problems]]'' {{c|[[God]], [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Point of No Return]]'' {{c|[[Michael]], presence; [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Hammer of the Gods]]'' {{c|[[Gabriel]] and [[Lucifer]]; [[Michael]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Devil You Know]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Two Minutes to Midnight]]'' {{c|[[Death]]; [[Lucifer]], [[Michael]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Swan Song]]'' {{c|[[Michael]], [[Lucifer]] and [[God]], masquerading as Chuck}}
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*[[Season 6]]
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**''[[Exile on Main Street]]'' {{c|[[God]], referenced only}}
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**''[[The Third Man]]'' {{c|[[Raphael]]; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[You Can't Handle The Truth]]'' {{c|[[Gabriel]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Caged Heat]]'' {{c|[[Michael]], [[Lucifer]] and [[Raphael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Appointment In Samarra]]'' {{c|[[Death]]; [[Michael]], [[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Like A Virgin]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The French Mistake]]'' {{c|[[Raphael]]}}
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**''[[The Man Who Would Be King]]'' {{c|[[Raphael]]; [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]] in flashbacks; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Let It Bleed]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'' {{c|[[Raphael]]; [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]] in flashbacks; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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*[[Season 7]]
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**''[[Meet the New Boss]]'' {{c|[[Raphael]], corpse; [[Lucifer]], as a hallucination; [[Death]]; [[Michael]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Hello, Cruel World]]'' {{c|[[Raphael]], corpse, [[Lucifer]], as a hallucination}}
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**''[[The Girl Next Door]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], voice and mentioned}}
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**''[[Defending Your Life]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], voice only}}
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**''[[Slash Fiction]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Death's Door]]'' {{c|[[Death]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Repo Man]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], as a hallucination}}
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**''[[Out With The Old]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Born-Again Identity]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], as a hallucination}}
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**''[[Reading Is Fundamental]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[There Will Be Blood]]'' {{c|[[Michael]], painting only}}
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**''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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*[[Season 8]]
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**''[[What's Up, Tiger Mommy?]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[A Little Slice of Kevin]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[As Time Goes By]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Trial and Error]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Goodbye Stranger]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Pac-Man Fever]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Great Escapist]]'' {{c|[[God]], [[Michael]], [[Lucifer]], [[Raphael]] and [[Gabriel]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Sacrifice]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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*[[Season 9]]
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**''[[I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here]]'' {{c|[[Death]]; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[I'm No Angel]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Holy Terror]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Road Trip]]'' {{c|[[Archangels]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[First Born]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Meta Fiction]]'' {{c|[[Gabriel]], as an illusion}}
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**''[[Do You Believe In Miracles?]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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*[[Season 10]]
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**''[[Fan Fiction]]'' {{c|[[God]], masquerading as Chuck; [[Lucifer]] and [[Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Executioner's Song]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Inside Man]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Brother's Keeper]]'' {{c|[[Death]] and [[The Darkness]]; [[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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*[[Season 11]]
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**''[[Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire]]'' {{c|[[The Darkness]]; [[Death]], [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Form and Void]]'' {{c|[[The Darkness]]; [[Death]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Bad Seed]]'' {{c|[[The Darkness]]; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Baby]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], posing as young [[John Winchester]] in Sam's vision; [[The Darkness]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Thin Lizzie]]'' {{c|[[The Darkness]]}}
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**''[[Our Little World]]'' {{c|[[The Darkness]]; [[God]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Plush]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[The Darkness]]; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Devil in the Details]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[The Darkness]]; [[God]], [[Raphael]] and [[Gabriel]], mentioned only; [[Michael]], flashbacks and mentioned}}
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**''[[Into the Mystic]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Don't You Forget About Me]]'' {{c|[[God]] and [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Love Hurts]]'' {{c|[[The Darkness]], mentioned and form taken by [[Sonja's Qareen|a]] [[Qareen]]}}
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**''[[The Vessel]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[God]] and [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Beyond the Mat]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[God]] and [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Safe House]]'' {{c|[[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Red Meat]]'' {{c|[[The Darkness]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Hell's Angel]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[The Darkness]]; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Chitters]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], [[The Darkness]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Don't Call Me Shurley]]'' {{c|[[God]]; [[The Darkness]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[All in the Family]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], [[The Darkness]] and [[God]]}}
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**''[[We Happy Few]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], [[The Darkness]] and [[God]]; [[Michael]], [[Raphael]] and [[Gabriel]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Alpha and Omega]]'' {{c|[[God]] and [[The Darkness]]; [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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*[[Season 12]]
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**''[[Keep Calm and Carry On]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Mamma Mia]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[God]] and [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Foundry]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]}}
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**''[[American Nightmare]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The One You've Been Waiting For]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Celebrating The Life Of Asa Fox]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Rock Never Dies]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[God]] and [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[LOTUS]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[God]] mentioned only}}
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**''[[First Blood]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Stuck in the Middle (With You)]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[Michael]], painting and mentioned}}
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**''[[Family Feud]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]}}
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**''[[Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]}}
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**''[[The British Invasion]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Future]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]}}
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**''[[Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[There's Something About Mary]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]}}
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**''[[Who We Are]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], photo and mentioned}}
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**''[[All Along the Watchtower]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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*[[Season 13]]
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**''[[Lost & Found]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Rising Son]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]; [[God]], [[The Darkness]], [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Big Empty]] ''{{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[The Shadow]], [[The Darkness]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Advanced Thanatology]]'' {{c|[[Death]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Tombstone]]'' {{c|[[God]] and [[The Shadow]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[War of the Worlds]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Bad Place]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Breakdown]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Various & Sundry Villains]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[Michael]], [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]] and [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Devil's Bargain]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[Gabriel]]; [[God]], [[Michael]], [[Raphael]] and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Good Intentions]]'' {{c|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]; [[Lucifer (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Lucifer]], [[Lucifer]], [[Michael]], [[Death]] and [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[A Most Holy Man]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Scoobynatural]]'' {{c|[[Gabriel]], referenced only}}
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**''[[The Thing]]'' {{c|[[Gabriel]]}}
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**''[[Bring 'em Back Alive]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[Gabriel]]; [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], [[God]] and [[Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Funeralia]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], [[Gabriel]] and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Unfinished Business]]'' {{c|[[Gabriel]]; [[Lucifer]], [[Michael]], [[God]] and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Beat the Devil]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[Gabriel]]}}
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**''[[Exodus]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], [[Gabriel]] and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]; [[Michael]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Let the Good Times Roll]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]] and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]; [[Gabriel]], flashback only}}
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*[[Season 14]]
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**''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]'' {{c|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]; [[God]], [[Lucifer]] and [[Gabriel]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Gods and Monsters]]'' {{c|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]; [[Lucifer]], mentioned and flashback; [[God]] and [[Gabriel]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Scar]]'' {{c|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]}}
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**''[[Mint Condition]]'' {{c|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Nightmare Logic]]'' {{c|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Optimism]]'' {{c|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], [[Lucifer (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Lucifer]] and [[Gabriel]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Unhuman Nature]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]]; [[Gabriel]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Byzantium]]'' {{c|[[The Shadow]], [[God]] and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Spear]]'' {{C|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], [[The Shadow]] mentioned only}}
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**''[[Nihilism]]'' {{C|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]; [[Apocalypse World|alternate reality]] [[Death (Apocalypse World)|version]] of [[Death]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Ouroboros]]'' {{C|[[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]; [[Lucifer]] and [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Game Night]]'' {{C|[[Lucifer]]; [[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Absence]]'' {{c|[[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Jack in the Box]]'' {{C|[[The Shadow]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Moriah]]'' {{C|[[God]], [[The Shadow]]; [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], [[Lucifer]], [[Michael]], [[The Darkness]] and [[Death]] mentioned only}}
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*[[Season 15]]
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**''[[Back and to the Future]]'' {{C|[[God]] and [[Michael]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Raising Hell]]'' {{C|[[God]] and [[The Darkness]]}}
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**''[[The Rupture]]'' {{C|[[God]] and [[Lucifer]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Atomic Monsters]]'' {{C|[[God]]; [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Proverbs 17:3]]'' {{C|[[God]], mentioned only; [[Lucifer]], nightmare and mentioned only}}
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**''[[Golden Time]]'' {{C|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Last Call]]'' {{C|[[God]] and [[The Darkness]], flashbacks only}}
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**''[[Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven]]'' {{C|[[God]] and [[Michael]]; [[Lucifer]], mentioned only; [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]], flashbacks only; [[The Darkness]], mentioned and flashbacks only}}
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**''[[The Trap]]'' {{c|[[God]]}}
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**''[[The Heroes' Journey]]'' {{C|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[The Gamblers]]'' {{C|[[God]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Galaxy Brain]]'' {{C|[[God]]; [[The Darkness]] mentioned only}}
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**''[[Destiny's Child]]'' {{C|[[God]] and [[The Shadow]]; [[The Darkness]] mentioned only}}
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**''[[Unity]]'' {{C|[[God]], [[The Darkness]] and [[The Shadow]]; [[Michael]], [[Lucifer]], [[Raphael]], [[Gabriel]], mentioned only}}
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**''[[Despair]]'' {{C|[[The Shadow]]; [[God]] and [[The Darkness]] mentioned only}}
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**''[[Inherit the Earth]]'' {{C|[[God]], [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]]; [[Gabriel]] and [[The Shadow]] flashback only; [[The Darkness]], mentioned only}}
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*''[[Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting]]'' {{c|[[God]], [[Death]] and the [[Archangels]], non-canon, mentioned only}}
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===''[[The Winchesters]]''===
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*Season 1
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**''[[Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye]]'' {{c|[[God]], mentioned only}}
   
 
==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*Gabriel was the first primordial being the Winchester brothers encountered.
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*Gabriel was the first primordial entity the Winchester brothers encountered. Notably, Gabriel is the youngest primordial entity, while the oldest and most powerful one, the Darkness, is the last one they met.
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*Lucifer was the first primordial that the Winchesters knowingly encountered, since both Gabriel and God hid their identities from them.
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*Due to the Winchesters traveling back in time, [[Michael]] was, chronologically, the first primordial and angel to meet the Winchesters, having met them before they were born in the timeline.<ref>''[[The Song Remains the Same]]''</ref>
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[[Category:Species]]
  
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*With the exception of Death and the Shadow, all the known Primordials are related. God and Amara are siblings and all the Archangels are God's children and The Darkness' nephews.
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*Since the introduction of Gabriel, [[Season 8]] is the only season to not feature a Primordial Entity.
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*[[Season 5]] featured the most Primordial Entities in a single season, with the appearances of all four [[Archangels]], [[God]], and [[Death]].
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*Aside from [[Death]], all the Primordial Beings appear to be elemental. [[The Shadow]] is the primordial void, [[The Darkness]] is the primordial darkness, [[God]] is the primordial light, and the Archangels which God called the ''Stuff of Primordial Creation,'' are spiritual entities of light, like the lesser angels, but are far more powerful with only the older primordials and [[Jack Kline (Nephilim)|Jack]] exceeding their power.
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*It is unknown if Death's brothers count as Primordial Entities.
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*In [[Season 13]], [[The Shadow]] is introduced and stated [[The Empty]] (its residence) has existed before everything. However, the age of the entity and whether it counts as a primordial entity is unknown. However, it possesses vast powers as it can kill angels, resurrect them, invade Heaven and overcome it's defenses, and can even possess angels. As it only has near omnipotence in the Empty, it's powers rivals primordial entities even if it isn't one.
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*[[Lucifer]] is the most recurring primordial entity. He is also the most recurring antagonistic primordial entity in the series.
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*Among the entities only [[Death]] or at least his position has a fail safe. Where as, if the Archangels die they just die, and where as Amara and God are the equilibrium that holds reality together where if they die reality dies. If Death dies, then the next reaper after him to die will inherit his position.
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*[[Dean Winchester]] has killed two Primordial Entities: [[Death]] and [[Lucifer]].
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*[[Lucifer]] is the only one among the beings to have had a child with a human.
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*Lucifer is the only Primordial Entity to have ever been resurrected.
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*The Archangels and Death are the only known Primordial Entities with alternate universe counterparts.
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*In the non-canon resource novel ''[[Supernatural: The Men of Letters Bestiary: Winchester Family Edition]]'', Eve and the Leviathan were listed alongside God and the Darkness in the "Primordial Entities" section.
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*[[God]] stated to Sam that if he were to be seal away the law of nature specifically dealing with monsters would take over in his absence. This differs from Amara where sealing her had no adverse effect on the universe.
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==References==
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“ This is one little planet, in one tiny solar system, in a galaxy that's barely out of its diapers. I'm old, Dean, very old, so I invite you to contemplate how insignificant I find you. ”

Primordial Entities or Cosmic Beings refer to a group of nigh- or lower-tier omnipotent beings who existed before the creation of the Universe.

Characteristics

All of them were older than the universe and possess immense power, ranging from at least destroying someone on a subatomic level (Raphael), altering the very fabric of reality (Gabriel), up to fully removing all of existence (The Darkness), or creating whole universes (God). Despite their immense power and agelessness, none were unkillable since even Death, God, and Amara, being called the strongest beings, could be killed under the right conditions. Death was destroyed, despite being an entity so powerful he saw humans no more powerful or important than how humans viewed bacterium. According to Billie, a former incarnation of Death, God could be killed by the Nephilim Jack once Nephilim grows strong enough. Jack later revealed that Billie was turning him into a sort of bomb that will cause God and the Darkness to cease to exist when it goes off. However, it would also kill Jack himself in the process. Like all things, even the Primordials are, to certain degrees, subject to the flow of the Natural Order. Although they share the status and description, the primordial entities are composed of different orders of beings.

Common Powers

All primordial beings share these powers to varying degrees.

Members

  • Archangels - As beings created by God himself, archangels possess unimaginable levels of power.
    • Gabriel - Created a TV universe to imprison the Winchesters. He made Sam relive a day over again countless times by reversing time and ensuring Dean died each day. He was assumed to have been killed by Lucifer during the Apocalypse, but was revealed to have faked his death. He went into hiding but was captured by the fourth, and last, Prince of Hell, Asmodeus, who fed off of his grace to grow into one of the strongest demons to exist. After escaping, he easily killed Asmodeus and absconded from his responsibilities again. After killing Loki and his sons, Gabriel set aside his past as the Trickster and agreed to help the Winchesters fight Michael. Killed by the Alternate Michael while helping the Winchesters.
    • Raphael - On one occasion, he rendered all electricity on the eastern seaboard cut off and destroyed Castiel on a subatomic level. Killed by Castiel empowered by the souls of Purgatory.
    • Lucifer - Creator of the demon species. Capable of bringing about the Apocalypse. Killed by Dean Winchester while powered by Apocalypse World Michael. After being woken up in the Empty by his vessel Nick, Lucifer attempted to have Nick resurrect him, only to be foiled by Jack and returned to the Empty where Lucifer continues to reside. Lucifer is briefly resurrected by God, but is once again killed by Michael.
    • Michael - The de facto Ruler of Heaven after God left. The oldest and most powerful Archangel. Imprisoned in Lucifer's Cage. He is the only remaining Archangel of the Main Universe alive. After God chose to begin the end of the Main Universe, he opened all of the doors in Hell, including the door to the Cage, leaving Michael with a way to escape. After returning to Earth, Michael was able to effortlessly kill the first demon Lilith when she annoyed him and provided Dean and Castiel with a spell to trap God. Even while restrained by the upgraded Supernatural Handcuffs, Michael retained some of his powers including a degree of his incredible strength, terrakinesis and the ability to create a rift to Purgatory, something that even Raphael couldn't do without a powerful spell.
    • Apocalypse World Michael - An alternate reality version of Michael trying to invade the Main Universe and take it over. In a gambit to defeat Lucifer, the alternate version is reluctantly allowed into the vessel of Dean Winchester but later flees the vessel after defeating him. Alternate Michael was imprisoned in the subconscious of Dean Winchester until he broke free and was killed by Jack while using Rowena MacLeod as a vessel.
    • Apocalypse World Lucifer - An alternate reality version of Lucifer who rose from Hell and began the Apocalypse. In his reality, Lucifer was defeated and killed by Michael.
    • Apocalypse World Gabriel - An alternate reality version of Gabriel who left Heaven. If he survived the Apocalypse in his world, he was killed when God destroyed the Multiverse.
  • Death - A nigh-omnipotent being, the eldest Horsemen, and the personification of death itself. He is able to kill any being, and whoever bears the Mark of Cain. He once realigned the orbit of the moon and is also capable of jail-breaking Lucifer's Cage. Killed by Dean Winchester with his own scythe. After his demise, Billie takes his place as the new Death. After Billie's death, Betty briefly takes Death's place.
  • Apocalypse World Death - An apesct of the death itself was personified in Apocalypse World.
  • God - The creator of almost everything that exists in the universe and the Darkness' twin brother. Created afterlife dimensions such as Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, as well as many alternate dimensions. Can transfer the Mark of Cain, and do, or create, virtually anything. Death and the Darkness are the only beings to pose any threat to God. After being shot with The Equalizer, a weapon of God's own creation, God is currently in a severely weakened and diminished state. Due to his mandatory existence, God cannot be killed without the whole universe being destroyed. However, it is believed that in his current weakened state he can be trapped as God once did to the Darkness and Michael has provided a spell that can do it. As seen in an alternate timeline, locking God away causes the cosmic balance to shift towards darkness, leading the world to become a darker place. However, Billie, the current incarnation of Death, states that the Nephilim Jack can become strong enough to kill God if he follows a plan laid out by Billie which she appears to be getting from the book detailing God's ultimate demise in Death's Reading Room. God's power is eventually absorbed by Jack, turning him into the new God and leaving the original God a mortal being.
  • The Darkness - God's twin sister. She is able to annihilate all of existence and is capable of undoing virtually anything in the universe her brother made. Stronger than God himself, she is also able to fatally wound her own brother and heal him fully without difficulty. No supernatural entity can survive her or overpower her without massive assistance such as all the archangels and God. Only God is capable of killing her and only with help. However, the Winchesters speculate that once Jack becomes powerful enough to kill God, he might be able to kill the Darkness too. Billie later confirms that they must kill both God and the Darkness to keep the Natural Order and prevent the universe from collapsing once God is gone. Amara eventually allows Chuck to absorb her. After becoming the new God, Jack states that Amara exists in harmony with him.
  • The Shadow - The embodiment of the Empty, a cosmic void that preceded even God and the Darkness. While the Shadow is not capable of certain abilities possessed by God and the Darkness, it has certain characteristics that surpass the primordial siblings. It was capable of surviving an explosion designed to destroy God and the Darkness. The Shadow was also capable of invading most of the known multiverse. Although it is warded from entering prime Earth except when summoned, it was capable of invading prime universe's Heaven. The Shadow was capable of killing an incarnation of Death.

Appearances

Supernatural

The Winchesters

Trivia

  • Gabriel was the first primordial entity the Winchester brothers encountered. Notably, Gabriel is the youngest primordial entity, while the oldest and most powerful one, the Darkness, is the last one they met.
  • Lucifer was the first primordial that the Winchesters knowingly encountered, since both Gabriel and God hid their identities from them.
  • Due to the Winchesters traveling back in time, Michael was, chronologically, the first primordial and angel to meet the Winchesters, having met them before they were born in the timeline.[1]
  • With the exception of Death and the Shadow, all the known Primordials are related. God and Amara are siblings and all the Archangels are God's children and The Darkness' nephews.
  • Since the introduction of Gabriel, Season 8 is the only season to not feature a Primordial Entity.
  • Season 5 featured the most Primordial Entities in a single season, with the appearances of all four Archangels, God, and Death.
  • Aside from Death, all the Primordial Beings appear to be elemental. The Shadow is the primordial void, The Darkness is the primordial darkness, God is the primordial light, and the Archangels which God called the Stuff of Primordial Creation, are spiritual entities of light, like the lesser angels, but are far more powerful with only the older primordials and Jack exceeding their power.
  • It is unknown if Death's brothers count as Primordial Entities.
  • In Season 13, The Shadow is introduced and stated The Empty (its residence) has existed before everything. However, the age of the entity and whether it counts as a primordial entity is unknown. However, it possesses vast powers as it can kill angels, resurrect them, invade Heaven and overcome it's defenses, and can even possess angels. As it only has near omnipotence in the Empty, it's powers rivals primordial entities even if it isn't one.
  • Lucifer is the most recurring primordial entity. He is also the most recurring antagonistic primordial entity in the series.
  • Among the entities only Death or at least his position has a fail safe. Where as, if the Archangels die they just die, and where as Amara and God are the equilibrium that holds reality together where if they die reality dies. If Death dies, then the next reaper after him to die will inherit his position.
  • Dean Winchester has killed two Primordial Entities: Death and Lucifer.
  • Lucifer is the only one among the beings to have had a child with a human.
  • Lucifer is the only Primordial Entity to have ever been resurrected.
  • The Archangels and Death are the only known Primordial Entities with alternate universe counterparts.
  • In the non-canon resource novel Supernatural: The Men of Letters Bestiary: Winchester Family Edition, Eve and the Leviathan were listed alongside God and the Darkness in the "Primordial Entities" section.
  • God stated to Sam that if he were to be seal away the law of nature specifically dealing with monsters would take over in his absence. This differs from Amara where sealing her had no adverse effect on the universe.

References

  1. ↑ The Song Remains the Same
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